When Blockbuster was back online, Hastings didn't take it seriously.

What kind of storm can an old antique that has already died even if he resurrects the soul?

Netflix is ​​no longer the DVD rental website in 2000, and Blockbuster is no longer the market overlord in 2000. The status of the two has been reversed many years ago, and they are determined to stay offline.

The business of Blockbuster eventually fell to bankruptcy, and the gravedigger was Netflix who he once scoffed at.

A website with no offline business and only a few thousand old movies online copyrights. Hastings is a waste of time when he takes a look. For at least half a year, Hastings has never asked about Blockbuster's situation.

.

It was not until one day that someone told him that Blockbuster had acquired the Lionsgate Film Library and purchased the copyright of Marvel's next fifteen movies that Hastings was surprised to find that this old rival was actually

Come alive!

That was Hastings' first time landing on Blockbuster's new website, and then was shocked.

Blockbuster imitates Netflix's layout, and various film and television programs have rich resources, and even adds live and homemade video channels that Netflix does not have.

Hastings went to take a look and found that the live content was full of pictures of teenagers playing games, and the content of homemade videos was also very rough. There were game highlights, extreme sports, cats, dogs and pets. These were all in the streets of oil pipes.

I really don’t know who would put down the oil pipe and run to Blockbuster to see these contents.

Hastings felt that Blockbuster had made another mistake in his past, wanting to do anything, but not doing anything well.

However, the next experience surprised Hastings. After he browsed a few videos, the Blockbuster website began to recommend some similar content to him, and his behavior showed his disgust towards these contents

Later, they disappeared all of a sudden.

Hastings keenly realized something was wrong, so he immediately asked his subordinates to open Blockbuster, and then was surprised to find that due to their different behaviors in searching, browsing and playing, the pictures presented to them by the website were also completely different.

This is actually an intelligent recommendation system that Netflix has been trying but has never achieved clear progress!

What made Hastings even more furious was that Blockbuster actually held an algorithm competition and invited algorithm engineers from all over the world to improve their recommended algorithms.

These actions made Hastings feel more threatening than the moments at Lionsgate and the copyright of Marvel movies. They reminded him that Netflix relied on the advancement of technology to start the online DVD rental business first, so as to defeat the self-sacred Baili

Sita.

Now Blockbuster has become a challenger, using the most advanced algorithms to recommend, and the user experience it brings is even better than Netflix. Hastings is deeply threatened.

After that, Hastings hired a team of top algorithm experts in the world to make comprehensive improvements to Netflix's recommendation system. The two websites had already launched a fierce secret battle in unknown places.

This time, Blockbuster's "House of Cards" once again threatened Hastings, but he felt a little relieved when he thought that his own self-produced drama "Marco Polo" was about to be filmed.

"Tell me about the situation of "Marco Polo", about when will it be launched?" Hastings said.

Christina said: "The crew is currently filming in Huaguo. It is expected to be completed in May this year and the post-production will be completed in October. If it goes online, it may have to wait until January next year."

"It will take so long?" Hastings' brows frowned again.

This kind of thing is unhurried. A series like "Marco Polo" with an investment of over 100 million must ensure that every link is perfect, otherwise it may lead to huge investment in vain.

Christina explained: "Although we have to wait, based on our data analysis of users, the show should be very successful. Although there are no celebrities, the quality of both the production, script, director or actors is not invited.

They are all pretty good, this will be the exciting action adventure movie our members love the most!”

"Not to mention the mysterious ancient oriental elements," added content director Sarandos.

Hastings nodded and said, "I saw the trailer you submitted before, and the shooting was indeed good."

"Our goal is Game of Thrones." Sarandos said proudly.

After the first season of "Game of Thrones" was aired, HBO launched the second season while the iron was hot, and it was still very popular. Each episode had the highest ratings on that day, including the second season that aired on April 1, 2012

The first episode even created a record of 3.9 million viewers, an increase of 74% from the first season premiere!

Of course, HBO would not miss such a popular IP. It gathered the original crew while the iron was hot and made the third season, which will be aired in March this year.

This TV series that benchmarks the quality of the movie has greatly affected the production ecology of magnesium dramas. Many film and television companies are jealous of the success of "Game of Thrones" and want to create an equally popular drama. Netflix's "Marco Polo" is

Projects were established under such circumstances.

In order to restore history, the crew of "Marco Polo" specially crossed the Pacific Ocean to go to Huaguo to film. This fee alone is very amazing.

Of course, they are rich and confident. In order to benchmark "Game of Thrones", Netflix invested 100 million magnesium!

"Marco Polo can only succeed, not fail." Hastings said firmly, "Christina, you have to keep an eye on this project. On the premise of ensuring quality, I hope to see it go online within this year!

”

"I will do my best." Christina nodded. She also knew that "House of Cards" posed a huge threat to Netflix. If she could not use the means of confrontation as soon as possible, it would be very unfavorable to Netflix.

At the end of the meeting, Hastings looked at the executives, took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, this is a war, winter is still coming, we must fight!"

...

Li Rui didn't know that Netflix once again regarded Blockbuster as his biggest enemy, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. The entertainment industry is only a relatively insignificant part of his many industries. It's good to make money, but it doesn't matter if you can't make money.

After a while of being happy about the ratings of "The Gate of Zhengyang" and "House of Cards", Li Rui went out and went straight to Kingsoft to visit Blockbuster.

The Blockbuster Building in Kingsoft District has just been completed for a few months, and the overall interior decoration has not been completely completed.

Zhang Ming was in a hurry to settle in and asked Bailan to decorate the three floors. Currently, more than 100 employees of Blockbuster are working on these three floors, just to meet their current simple working environment. It is hard to believe that it is popular.

The world's "House of Cards" comes from here.
Chapter completed!